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OET (OET-LV) And the city was_filled of_ the _confusion, and they_rushed with_one_accord to the theatre, having_seized ones_from_Makedonia Gaios and Aristarⱪos, travelling_companions of_Paulos.
OET (OET-RV) Then the whole city was filled with confusion and the people rushed to the theatre and grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus from Macedonia—travelling companions of Paul’s.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἐπλήσθη ἡ πόλις τῆς συγχύσεως
/was/_filled the city ¬the ˱of˲_confusion
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “confusion filled the city”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐπλήσθη ἡ πόλις τῆς συγχύσεως
/was/_filled the city ¬the ˱of˲_confusion
Luke is speaking of the city as if they was a container that confusion filled. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “there was confusion throughout the city”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἐπλήσθη ἡ πόλις τῆς συγχύσεως
/was/_filled the city ¬the ˱of˲_confusion
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of confusion, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “people throughout the city were confused”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
τὸ θέατρον
the theatre
The theater in Ephesus was an outdoor semi-circular area with bench seats that could hold thousands of people. It was used for public meetings and for entertainment such as plays and music. If the word “theater” would communicate the wrong idea in your language, you could use a term that would be clearer for your readers. Alternate translation, as in UST: “the stadium”
Note 5 topic: translate-names
Γάϊον & Ἀρίσταρχον
Gaius & Aristarchus
The words Gaius and Aristarchus are names of men.
19:29 Archaeologists have excavated the amphitheater where the whole city assembled; it held 24,000 people.
OET (OET-LV) And the city was_filled of_ the _confusion, and they_rushed with_one_accord to the theatre, having_seized ones_from_Makedonia Gaios and Aristarⱪos, travelling_companions of_Paulos.
OET (OET-RV) Then the whole city was filled with confusion and the people rushed to the theatre and grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus from Macedonia—travelling companions of Paul’s.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.